Gang Starr
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Gang Starr: Step In The Arena (Cooltempo CTLP 21)
Review by Jeff Lorez, Blues & Soul, 8 January 1991
G.U.R.U. KEITHY E and DJ Premiere have jam packed an album full of 18 mini story-like raps, which helps to promote a continued diversity despite ...
Gang Starr: Step Into The Arena (Cooltempo)
Review by Push, Melody Maker, 12 January 1991
JAZZ U LIKE IT ...
Interview by David Quantick, New Musical Express, 16 February 1991
Utterly splendid eclectic rap duo GANG STARR have sympathy for Saddam and Farrakhan, dis Vanilla Ice and think Mötley Crüe are dope, but were too ...
Profile and Interview by Push, Melody Maker, 18 May 1991
On the eve of their first British live dates, PUSH meets a rap duo who don't glorify ghetto violence, drugs, crime and screwing "bitches", but ...
Gang Starr: Daily Operation (Cooltempo)
Review by Simon Price, Melody Maker, 16 May 1992
FURTHER AND further out we go... ...
The Brand New Heavies: Rapper's Delight
Interview by Push, Melody Maker, 15 August 1992
THE BRAND NEW HEAVIES' new LP is a veritable cornucopia of rap talent. PUSH gets the word on the band that all the other bands ...
The Brand New Heavies: Heavy Rhyme Experience Vol. 1 (Delicious Vinyl/Atlantic)
Review by Jon Young, Musician, October 1992
ENGLAND'S BRAND New Heavies may be an ordinary soul-funk combo, but that hasn't stopped enterprising A&R types from gettin' busy. For their debut album, somebody ...
Interview by Angus Batey, New Musical Express, 19 March 1994
Four albums down the line, GANG STARR are on the verge of promotion to the Premier League with their unique brand of rap. ANGUS BATEY ...
Cypress Hill, Lemonheads, Verve, Hole et al: Reading Festival
Live Review by Cathi Unsworth, Melody Maker, 3 September 1994
READING.It's like acid; once you've tried it you swear you'll never be back for more, and yet you always are. Perhaps it's because this festival ...
Interview by Frank Broughton, Hip-Hop Connection, July 1995
For most other artists, one project like Jazzmatazz in a lifetime would be enough. Not for Guru. Jazzmatazz 2: The New Reality collects up many of the first LP's ...
Report and Interview by Amy Linden, unpublished, 1998
IN 1997 EMI Records was in the process of folding, and among the groups who were up for grabs was Gang Starr, a veteran NYC ...
Gang Starr: Moment Of Truth (Cooltempo/All formats)
Review by Angus Batey, New Musical Express, 11 April 1998
IN HIP-HOP'S world of oversized egos and spiralling sales, few dare to admit weakness. So for veteran New York-based duo Gang Starr to return after ...
Public Enemy, Cypress Hill et al: Smokin' Grooves Tour, Key Arena, Seattle
Live Review by Everett True, Melody Maker, 12 September 1998
TOKE THAT AND PARTY! ...
Tribal Movement: Hip Hop in 1998
Overview by Miles Marshall Lewis, The Village Voice, 2 March 1999
A TRIBE CALLED Quest died for the sins of hip hop in 1998, so the story goes. R.I.P. And roll away the stone. ...
Basement Jaxx, Pet Shop Boys et al: Creamfields, Old Liverpool Airfield
Live Review by Andy Crysell, New Musical Express, 4 September 1999
THE SCOUSE THAT JAXX THRILLED ...
Live Review by Dele Fadele, New Musical Express, 2 October 1999
LIVE HIP-hop is such a rare occurrence it's almost a duty to disregard the actual quality. However, Gang Starr don't need any excuses made for ...
Review by Amy Linden, XXL, May 2003
ONCE A ROCK critic noted that while '60s icons the Velvet Underground sold few records everyone who bought one went on to form their own ...
Retrospective and Interview by Angus Batey, MOJO, September 2003
Back in 1986 hip hop entered a golden age — lyrical revolution, sonic innovation, and individuality — that gave rise to such rap legends as ...
see also Jeru the Damaja
see also Guru
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